Muriel & Art Shefrin First Date: Fall 1953, movie and dinner Wedding Date: Oct. 6, 1956 Venue: The Broadway Central Hotel, Manhattan Residence: Pikesville Favorite Activity: Traveling the East Coast and taking walks together Arthur Shefrin would have had to answer to his parents if he hadn’t married Muriel Richelson, but it didn’t matter. His… Read More

Linda & David Koren First Date: Jan. 10, 1986, Westview Cinema and Pargo’s Restaurant Wedding Date: Sept. 20, 1986 Venue: Chizuk Amuno Congregation Residence: Venice, Fla. Favorite Activity: Walking together For a few years, David Koren, with friends Carl and Robin Goodman, rented a townhouse in Randallstown. The Goodmans set him up with Linda… Read More

Marilyn & Alan Riffkin First Date: December 1962 for ice skating Wedding Date: July 3, 1966 Venue: Richfield Caterers, Verona, N.J. Residence: Silver Spring, Md. Favorite Activity: Dining out A glance at a JCC dance in December 1962 was all it took. Marilyn Friedman, a high school senior, spied Alan Riffkin, a student at Rutgers… Read More

Ellen & Chuck Donen First Date: January 1955 Wedding Date: June 24, 1956 Venue: Union Temple, Brooklyn, New York Residence: North Oaks in Pikesville Favorite Activity: Being together Ellen Krakower and Charles Donen first met on a blind date in Brooklyn, N.Y. A friend arranged a blind date for Ellen and asked her to… Read More

Jen & Eric Schulman First Official Date: July 13, 2013; bowling, dinner and drinks Wedding Date: Sept. 19, 2015 Venue: The Barn at Grimmel Farms, Jarrettsville, Md. Residence: Baltimore Favorite Activity: Running On a warm Saturday in August 2014, Eric Schulman and Jen Winters set out on a seven-mile training run in advance of… Read More